The Bloomberg administration’s proposal to handle permits for detectors of biological and chemical substances came under fire yesterday.

Bloomberg aides are trying to push through a bill in the City Council that they claim is necessary to tackle the threat of biological, chemical and radiological terrorism.

But a cross-section of New Yorkers urged lawmakers not to give Bloomberg such latitude.

“In the immediate aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks, residents and workers were repeatedly lied to about the quality of the air,” Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer said as he urged lawmakers to preserve the rights of community groups to independently test the air.